Tooned/Vectored Cars + Stuff

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zoxxy
COnsider it done ;) But that's some ugly ass rims.
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I thought they were kinda cool. If i ever bought a late 80's early 90's RX7 and was planning on keeping it stock i would keep those rims.

On a side note, does anyone know the Kaze kit for the similar age Supra? I've been looking for a picture of a Kaze kitted supra for ages to toon. It's awesome.
 
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Wow! :drool: I've only looked through the last three pages but you guys have some serious talent. How do you do them? I'm not asking for a tutorial, that'll have to wait till my computer is back up and running but what programs do you use?
 
You can use Photoshop, The GIMP, Illustrator, Fireworks etc. Any decent graphics program will be good enough. I do have a tutorial for Photoshop if you're interested in future. It's linked in my signature. Read the thread from the start, it's a cracker.
 
Oh cool thanks Donbenni. I had just come back to this thread to start reading from pg1 when I saw your post. And then I read "Read the thread from the start, it's a cracker."

He is reading my mind :scared:

Edit: One more thing. Are there any free programs worth trying and also, do the trial versions of Illustrator and/or Photoshop have enough features to do these on? I don't have enough money to buy full versions.
 
The GIMP is free. It has similar controls to photoshop. Though if you haven't used neither, then just go with the GIMP. 👍
 
@ Revheadnz: Yeah The GIMP is not bad plus being free is uber-good. I would advise getting Photoshop to trial it out as it is pretty decent. I found GIMP pretty hard to use in comparison to Photoshop, but i guess if you know neither that doesn't really matter. Get GIMP and take it from there.

@ Alpha: H.O.T :D
 
Thanks for the advice guys, looks like I'll go for GIMP. Donbenni, is your tut roughly applicable to GIMP as well or should I try and find a GIMP vectoring tut? If you don't mind all the questions then I have one more; Is there a Macintosh version of GIMP?

Thanks.
 
Argh :nervous: . From reading Donbenni's tutorial I now what the theory of vectoring a car is but I'm not sure how to put it into practice in GIMP. I tried using the lasso to cut out the car but I can't manage to do the car in one continuous line. Is there any way to stop lassoing and then continue? I also looked around the net for GIMP vectoring tutorials but I can't find any. Does anyone here use GIMP and would they be able to give me a few small pointers on how to start off? It seems like I am playing the role of the helpless noobie so I'm sorry. I'm prepared to grovel quite humiliatingly if anyone can help.
 
I use the GIMP, I'd be glad to help.

See image below. This is for getting the basic black outlines. I'll help you with coloring in later on.
Exhibit A - Use the path tool to make paths.
Exhibit B - After marking out part of the path, use "stroke path" to draw that line on the current layer. There is no need to have the whole car as one path, you can stroke it bit by bit.
Exhibit C - Unce you click on a new tool, the path may seem to disappear, but it is still saved. Click on this tab to show previous paths, and double click a path to display it on the image. This is useful if you dont like how a path came out. Undo the stroke operation and double click the path to show it again; then you can go back and edit it. Also useful when filling in areas; you can recall the paths you drew, click "Create Selection from Path" and then fill with the bucket tool.
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Remeber to save all you documents as XCF, and layers are your friend ;)

HTH :)
 
skip0110
I use the GIMP, I'd be glad to help.

See image below. This is for getting the basic black outlines. I'll help you with coloring in later on.
Exhibit A - Use the path tool to make paths.
Exhibit B - After marking out part of the path, use "stroke path" to draw that line on the current layer. There is no need to have the whole car as one path, you can stroke it bit by bit.
Exhibit C - Unce you click on a new tool, the path may seem to disappear, but it is still saved. Click on this tab to show previous paths, and double click a path to display it on the image. This is useful if you dont like how a path came out. Undo the stroke operation and double click the path to show it again; then you can go back and edit it. Also useful when filling in areas; you can recall the paths you drew, click "Create Selection from Path" and then fill with the bucket tool.

Remeber to save all you documents as XCF, and layers are your friend ;)

HTH :)
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Thanks Skip, I reckon this will help.
 
Revheadnz, remember: if you use Photoshop or another photo-editing software, you are NOT vectoring anything. You are still using a raster!
If you want to vectorise something, you will need a drawing-prog like Adobe Illustrator. If it is vectorised, you can scale it as much as you want without quality loss.
 
maccie
Revheadnz, remember: if you use Photoshop or another photo-editing software, you are NOT vectoring anything. You are still using a raster!
If you want to vectorise something, you will need a drawing-prog like Adobe Illustrator. If it is vectorised, you can scale it as much as you want without quality loss.
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WRONG!

Well, i guess right and wrong.

You can create vector images in Photoshop. By using paths for the lines and for masking the coloured areas you are creating a vectored image. i.e. you can load it up in Illustrator and zoom in forever without a hint of quality loss. My tutorial doesn't create vector images it does do rasters, BUT it's quite easy to change the tut to make it vector.
 
donbenni
WRONG!

Well, i guess right and wrong.

You can create vector images in Photoshop. By using paths for the lines and for masking the coloured areas you are creating a vectored image. i.e. you can load it up in Illustrator and zoom in forever without a hint of quality loss. My tutorial doesn't create vector images it does do rasters, BUT it's quite easy to change the tut to make it vector.
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So you have to import those paths in Illustrator to have no quality loss. :odd:

However, I decided to start making tooned cars after I saw your work, and I am using Illustrator (don't ask me why, think because it is the first thing that comes up in my mind when saying 'vector').
btw. you like my car? I think it's on the previous page. :scared:
 

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